James C. Baker

Litigation

Partner

James C. Baker

Litigation

Partner

(501) 370-1576

baker@fridayfirm.com

(501) 244-5367

Biography

James C. Baker focuses his practice on the areas of casualty insurance defense, commercial and construction litigation. He has first-chaired more than 120 jury trials to verdict and he has represented clients in more than 300 non-jury trials, arbitrations and mediations.

Saline County, Arkansas, defense verdict in a wrongful death case arising out of an electrocution

Cook v. Clarksville Refrigerated Lines, 2006.

Conway County, Arkansas, defense verdict in a wrongful death and personal injury case arising out of a commercial motor vehicle accident

DeWeese v. United Parcel Service, 2004.

Conway County, Arkansas, defense verdict in a wrongful death case arising out of a UPS package car accident and $5,000,000 verdict in favor of UPS driver on his counterclaim against the estate for personal injuries

Representative Clients

ACE Insurance Company

Arkansas Electric Cooperative, Inc.

CDI Contractors, LLC

Cigna Insurance Company

Entergy Arkansas, Inc.

Federated Rural Electric Ins. Co.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

Progressive Northwestern Ins. Co.

Safeco Insurance Company

The largest Class One freight railroad in the country

United Parcel Service

Education

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Leflar Law Center, J.D., 1986

Hendrix College, B.A., 1983

Noteworthy

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Insurance Law and Personal Injury Litigations - Defendants, since 2011

Selected by attorney peers for inclusion in Mid-South Super Lawyers

Associations & Memberships

DRI (formerly Defense Research Institute)

American Bar Association

Arkansas Bar Association

Pulaski County Bar Association

Admissions

Arkansas, 1986

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas